Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...others will seek to discover the effect of the President's veto of the bill on his political chances, and question of how various influences played on Congressmen voting for the bill. A fifth inquiry will ask for an estimate of the veto procedure as illustrated by the Congressional-Executive battle over...
Cheers & Boos. For two days Congress waited for the President's decision on the labor bill. The day the message came, House & Senate galleries were packed, mostly with union sympathizers. In the House they cheered the veto message when it was read. Some Congressmen looked up and yelled "Boo" at the galleries. The vote in the House was quick and overwhelming: 331 to override (225 Republicans and 106 Democrats); 83 to sustain (11 Republicans, 71 Democrats and New York City's man of the Labor Party, Vito Marcantonio...
...Congressmen were behind in their work. Nevertheless, on the floor of the House they spent most of last week moping through an old argument over the OIC bill for the spread of U.S. culture and ideals (TIME, April 14). On the floor, Senators spent their time in tedious debate over the Bulwinkle-Reed bill, which would exempt railroads from antitrust regulations. That is, the Senators who were there did. Attendance was seldom above 15; one day, the only audience Alabama's John Sparkman had was Maine's tired old Wallace White...
...Congressmen labored more effectively in committee rooms. One accomplishment was an agreement by House-Senate conferees on a bill to continue rent control until March 1, 1948-with qualifications. The bill would permit rent boosts of 15% over present ceilings, provided the landlord 1) gets a tenant's "voluntary" consent and 2) gives him a lease running through 1948. It would remove restrictions on commercial building (except for amusement and recreational facilities...
...made good chitchat for a nonelection year. But in 1948 Congressmen are likely to prefer to talk through the Congressional Record, where they can revise and polish their remarks. Anyway, as Delaware's Senator John Williams says, "Why make the country suffer...